Customer Reviews

Puzzle Quilts: Simple Blocks, Complex Fabrics

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These quilts look incedibly complicated but are actually very easy. The fun is in arranging your fabric patterns and colours. Lots of shortcuts and tips are included. You only need to create a few simple templates and you can create endless designs.

I was tired of pastels and traditional patterns,finding them boring and predictable. These quilts allow you to use your creative skills, mixing and matching patterns, colour and shades. If you are not feeling so creative you can easily copy the designs in the book.

This is an excellent book for those of us who have those unusual fabrics that we don't know what to make. The instructions are clear and concise. The pictures look like a complicated block but the construction is very easy. I made blocks for pillows and the construction was easy. It is also good for making short projects like purses. It's a Must Try!

This book is only for those quilters who enjoy taking hours to
design a block and then more hours to do a lot of individual cuts
in percise areas in the fabric. I would recommend it only for the
advanced quilter with time on her/his hands.

I liked this book a lot. This book definitely produces blocks that look like kaleidoscopes. However, it requires a lot of time at the fabric or quilt store to get the best results. Therefore using fat quarters and scraps won't work. I also think that it is for a more experienced quilter.

This is a wonderful book with easy to use patterns to make amazing quilts! Using specific 'types' of fabrics you can create intricate looking quilts using simple shapes and methods. A definate must-have for every quilter!

A wonderful book, but a little hard to understand at times. This is a book that needs quiet time, much concentration to complete the complex fabrics to make them look like something. The illustrations are beautiful as are her fabrics. A little more complicated than I would do all of the time, but something wonderful to create for my collection of quilts.

If you like to make puzzles, you have to buy this book.
Nice puzzles, nice results.
Marleen

This quilt book displays how artistic a quilt can be. It has so many exquisite quilts and wonderful ideas on how to make use of the beautiful complex fabrics that are in the market today.

I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to those attempting the intracies of Paula Nadelstern's techniques. I now have four of her books and perhaphs I should have purchased this one first as it gives the basics of making kaleidoscopes.
Using this book would have been a great way to start off!

I was astounded at what can be achieved,l look at fabric differently now. Looking forward to starting my own project.